FINA World Aquatics Championships

The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. They are run by FINA, and all swimming events are contested in a long course (50-metre) pool.

FINA World Aquatics Championships
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Statusactive
Genresporting event
Date(s)mid-year
Frequencybiennial
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1973 (1973)
Most recentBudapest 2022
Previous eventGwangju 2019
Next eventFukuoka 2023
Organised byFINA

The event was first held in 1973 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and is now held every two years. From 1978 to 1998, the World Championships were held every four years, in the even years between Summer Olympic years. From 2001 until 2019, the Championships have been held every two years, in the odd years.

Due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the scheduling of both the Olympic Games and the Championships between 2019 and 2025 became somewhat erratic, with World Championships not taking place in Japan in 2021 to accommodate the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, and then delayed again to 2023 because of pandemic-related issues in Japan. As a result, an extraordinary edition of the event was announced for 2022 in Budapest, Hungary, so as not to leave a four year gap between World Championships. As a result, World Championships will be held in four consecutive years for the first time – 2022 in Budapest,Hungary, 2023 in Fukuoka, Japan (the original 2021 event hosts, delayed thrice), 2024 in Qatar (moved to 2024 from the original 2023 event, then moved again to January to accommodate the 2024 Summer Olympics), and 2025 in a place to be announced. This will also mean there will be six global championships in the space of four years (mid 2021 - to mid 2025). The circle resumes with Budapest hosting the event again in 2027.

Athletes from all 209 FINA members could take part in the competition. In 2019, records were set for the most countries participating, with 192 members, and the most athletes participating, with 2,623 athletes.[1]

Championships
Year Dates Edition Location Athletes Events Events Details Winner Second Third Most Medals
1973 31 August – 9 September 1 Belgrade, Yugoslavia 686 37 18 (M), 19 (W)  United States  East Germany  Italy  United States
1975 19–27 July 2 Cali, Colombia 682 37 18 (M), 19 (W)  United States  East Germany  Hungary  United States
1978 20–28 August 3 West Berlin, West Germany 828 37 18 (M), 19 (W)  United States*  Soviet Union  Canada  United States
1982 29 July – 8 August 4 Guayaquil, Ecuador 848 37 18 (M), 19 (W)  United States  East Germany  Soviet Union  United States
1986 13–23 August 5 Madrid, Spain 1119 41 19 (M), 22 (W)  East Germany  United States  Canada  United States
1991 3–13 January 6 Perth, Australia 1142 45 21 (M), 24 (W)  United States  China  Hungary  United States
1994 1–11 September 7 Rome, Italy 1400 45 21 (M), 24 (W)  China  United States  Russia  China
1998 8–17 January 8 Perth, Australia 1371 53 24 (M), 27 (W), 2 (X)  United States  Russia  Australia  United States
2001 16–29 July 9 Fukuoka, Japan 1498 61 29 (M), 32 (W)  Australia  China  United States  United States
2003 12–27 July 10 Barcelona, Spain 2015 62 29 (M), 33 (W)  United States  Russia  Australia  United States
2005 16–31 July 11 Montreal, Canada 1784 62 29 (M), 33 (W)  United States  Australia  China  United States
2007 18 March – 1 April 12 Melbourne, Australia 2158 65 29 (M), 36 (W)  United States  Russia  Australia  United States
2009 17 July – 2 August 13 Rome, Italy 2556 65 29 (M), 36 (W)  United States  China  Russia  United States
and  China
2011 16–31 July 14 Shanghai, China 2220 66 29 (M), 36 (W), 1 (X)  United States  China  Russia  China
2013 19 July – 4 August 15 Barcelona, Spain[2][3][4] 2293 68 30 (M), 37 (W), 1 (X)  United States  China  Russia  United States
2015 24 July – 9 August 16 Kazan, Russia[5] 2400 75 30 (M), 37 (W), 8 (X)  China  United States  Russia  China
2017 14–30 July 17 Budapest, Hungary[6] 2360 75 30 (M), 37 (W), 8 (X)  United States  China  Russia  United States
2019 12–28 July[7] 18 Gwangju, South Korea 2623 76 30 (M), 38 (W), 8 (X)  China  United States  Russia  United States
2022 18 June – 3 July[8] 19 Budapest, Hungary[9] 2034 74 29 (M), 37 (W), 8 (X)  United States  China  Italy  United States**
2023 14–30 July[10] 20 Fukuoka, Japan[11]
2024 2–18 February[12] 21 Doha, Qatar
2025 22 Kazan, Russia[13]
2027 23 Budapest, Hungary[13]

* Record by number of gold medals –  United States (23 gold medals, 1978)
** Record by number of total medals –  United States (49 medals in total, 2022)

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2022 World Aquatics Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States286218167671
2 China16410882354
3 Russia1057362240
4 Australia9510679280
5 East Germany514427122
6 Italy464564155
7 Hungary403131102
8 Germany376267166
9 Great Britain302751108
10 France28332990
11 Canada265060136
12 Netherlands18363286
13 Sweden17201754
14 Brazil17151749
15 Soviet Union16282872
16 Japan144772133
17 Ukraine12172756
18 South Africa1261634
19 Spain10352772
20 West Germany871227
21 Poland610925
22 Denmark48820
23 Greece45817
24 Zimbabwe4509
25 Serbia4217
26 Romania41712
27 Finland3227
28 Croatia2349
29 Tunisia2248
30 Lithuania2237
31 Belarus2136
Yugoslavia2136
33 South Korea2125
34 Mexico181322
35 Switzerland1517
36 Norway1214
37 Malaysia1168
38 Bulgaria1146
39 Belgium1124
 Costa Rica1124
FR Yugoslavia /
Serbia and Montenegro		1124
 North Korea1124
43 Colombia1001
 Suriname1001
45 New Zealand05611
46 Austria0358
47 Slovakia0325
48 Czech Republic0303
49 Cuba0112
Czechoslovakia0112
 Iceland0112
 Jamaica0112
53 Ecuador0101
 Montenegro0101
55 Egypt0033
56 Argentina0022
 Singapore0022
58 Puerto Rico0011
 Trinidad and Tobago0011
 Venezuela0011
Totals (60 entries)1084109210813257

Multiple gold medalists

Boldface denotes active athletes and highest medal count per type.

Rank Athlete Country Gender Discipline From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Michael Phelps United StatesMSwimming20012011266133
2Svetlana Romashina RussiaFSynchronised swimming2005201921––21
3Katie Ledecky United StatesFSwimming20132022193–22
4Natalia Ishchenko RussiaFSynchronised swimming20052015192–21
5Ryan Lochte United StatesMSwimming20052015185427
6Svetlana Kolesnichenko RussiaFSynchronised swimming2011201916––16
7Caeleb Dressel United StatesMSwimming20172022152–17
8Alla Shishkina RussiaFSynchronised swimming2009201914––14
9Anastasia Davydova RussiaFSynchronised swimming20012011131–14
10Alexandra Patskevich RussiaFSynchronised swimming2009201713––13

Disciplines

Except as noted below, there are male and female categories for each event.

Swimming
Main articles: Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships and World Swimming Championships
DistanceFreeBackBreastFlyI.M.Free relayMedley relayMixed free relayMixed medley relay
50 m●●●●
100 m●●●●
200 m●●●●●
400 m●●●●●●
800 m●●
1500 m●

Diving

Men's and women's events:

  • 1 m springboard
  • 3 m springboard
  • 10 m platform
  • synchronized 3 m springboard
  • synchronized 10 m platform

Mixed events added at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships:

  • synchronized 3 m springboard
  • synchronized 10 m platform
  • 3 m springboard / 10 m platform team

High diving
  • 27m (men only)
  • 20m (women only)

High diving included since the 15th FINA World Aquatics Championships in 2013 in Barcelona but was dropped at the 2022 championship due the lack of suitable venues.

Open water swimming
  • 5 km
  • 10 km
  • 25 km
  • Mixed Team

Open water swimming was first held at the 1991 FINA World Championships.

Synchronized swimming

Except for Free Combination and Highlight, all events include technical and free routines, with medals awarded separately.

  • Solo
  • Duet, including mixed pair (male-female) since the 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships in 2015 in Kazan
  • Team
  • Free combination
  • Highlight since 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju

Water polo
  • Men's tournament
  • Women's tournament

See also
  • List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
  • List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)
  • Major achievements in swimming by nation
  • FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
  • FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
  • FINA Swimming World Cup
  • FINA World Masters Championships
  • FINA Marathon Swim World Series

Notes and references
  1. "18th FINA World Championships: Entry List by Event" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. Originally awarded in July 2009 to Dubai, UAE. Dubai withdrew in March 2010.
  3. PR54 – Dubai (UAE) will be the Organising City Archived 27 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine (FINA Press Release #2009–54); published by FINA on 2009-07-18, retrieved 2009-07-20.
  4. Press Release 2013–51: Barcelona 2013: new record of participation with 181 nations in Barcelona (ESP) Archived 14 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Published by FINA on 2013-07-18; retrieved 2013-07-19.
  5. UPDATE 1-Swimming-Celebrations as Kazan awarded 2015 world champs published by Reuters on 2011-07-15.
  6. "Budapest (HUN) to host FINA World Championships in 2017" (Press release). FINA. 11 March 2015. Archived from the original on 27 August 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  7. FINA.org
  8. "Press Release | FINA announces changes to international events calendar". FINA. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  9. "Press Release | FINA announces changes to international events calendar". FINA. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  10. "Press Release | FINA announces changes to international events calendar". FINA. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  11. "Press Release | FINA announces changes to international events calendar". FINA. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  12. "Press Release | FINA announces changes to international events calendar". FINA. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  13. "PR 59 – Kazan 2025 and Budapest 2027, hosts of the FINA showcase". FINA. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

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